(Explain different instances, including "Tiny Python 2.5" available [http://www.mhuffman.com/resource/index.html here]. Relate to pertinent pages, including "Varieties" and EmbeddedPython.)
There have been many "slenderized" Pythons through the years, including
[ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/pc this FTP directory] of generations for MS-DOS, OS/2, and so on;
[http://www.tucs.fi/magazin/output.php?ID=2000.N2.LilDeEmPy Deeply Embedded Python] - a project which once attracted considerable interest, but seemingly abandoned some time ago
Jean-Claude Wippler, Jeff Senn, Brian Lloyd and others have worked on tinyPython. One approach is to exploit "executable compressor" [http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html UPX]: "This gets python15.dll down to 220K and seems to work for me";
[Explain [http://www.pythonapocrypha.com/projects/pyco/ Pyco] and [http://members.lycos.co.uk/bdeck/pythond.htm PythonD] ];
[http://endeavors.com/pippy Pippy] is Python for the Palm;
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